The Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC) promotes high quality research on retirement, disability, and Social Security policy; communicates findings to the policy community and the public; enhances access to relevant research data; and helps to train new scholars. MRDRC serves the public and policy community as an authoritative source of information on a… Continue reading Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center (MRDRC)
Research Theme: SRC
The ISR BioSpecimen Lab
The biospecimen facility is designed to inventory, analyze, and provide short-term storage of biological samples collected by ISR researchers. This continues ISR’s leadership in the collection and analysis of representative, population-based data with the goal of providing social science in the public interest. The BioSpecimen Lab Advantage The lab provides ISR researchers with much better… Continue reading The ISR BioSpecimen Lab
Characterizing disparities in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk through polygenic risk and epidemiologic factors in the Health and Retirement Survey
Late-onset Alzheimer’s dementia (LOAD) is terminal and the most prevalent form of dementia (70% of cases). LOAD is a major public health burden in the US with current prevalence estimates of 4 to 5 million adults and economic costs exceeding $236 billion annually. Important disparities in LOAD prevalence occur with sex, race/ethnicity, education, and residence.… Continue reading Characterizing disparities in late-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk through polygenic risk and epidemiologic factors in the Health and Retirement Survey
Enhancing Retrospective Life History Data in the Health and Retirement Study Renewal
Several population studies within the network of Health and Retirement studies have collected retrospective life histories to address multidisciplinary needs for information about partners, fertility, finances, employment, health, and residential location over the entire life course. These data about events and contexts in childhood, adolescence, young adulthood and early midlife provide new insights into societal,… Continue reading Enhancing Retrospective Life History Data in the Health and Retirement Study Renewal
A Census-Enhanced Health and Retirement Study: Enhancing an HRS Dataset with Characteristics of Employers
The Survey Research Center of the University of Michigan, in cooperation with the U.S. Census Bureau and Cornell University, proposes to link the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to economic, business, and employment data from the Census Bureau. The HRS surveys more than 22,000 Americans over the age of 50 every two years. It is… Continue reading A Census-Enhanced Health and Retirement Study: Enhancing an HRS Dataset with Characteristics of Employers
d3center
The d3center is located in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. We are a group of data scientists from various disciplines (including statistics, psychology, information science, and computer science). Our researchers use data – in particular, randomized trial designs – to learn how best to design a treatment plan for individuals… Continue reading d3center
Responsive Design for Efficient Survey Data Collection: An Education Program
Survey research is a ubiquitous research methodology used in the social, behavioral, and health sciences to make inferences about specific populations. Unfortunately, many of the investigators conducting research in these fields of study have not benefited from rigorous training in the newest scientific approaches to the collection of survey data, and this lack of exposure… Continue reading Responsive Design for Efficient Survey Data Collection: An Education Program
Youth Policy Lab
The University of Michigan Youth Policy Lab is a partnership between Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. The Youth Policy Lab helps community and government agencies make better decisions by measuring what really works. We are data experts who believe that the government… Continue reading Youth Policy Lab
Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS)
The Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS) is a consortium based at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR) IRIS is designed to transform the successful Universities: Measuring the Impacts of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Science (UMETRICS) initiative developed by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation into a permanent national resource… Continue reading Institute for Research on Innovation and Science (IRIS)
Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)
The Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA) promotes new research on the demography and economics of aging across four signature themes: chronic disease and disability; life course determinants of late-life health and well-being; aging, genetics, and social science; and economics of savings and retirement. The Center also promotes the wide use of Michigan’s… Continue reading Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging (MiCDA)